Here Spengler (David P. Goldman) writes about America’s national character, and how it is shown in our national anthem.
There is something inherently fragile about the United States of America. France will be France and Slovakia will be Slovakia so long as French and Slovak are spoken, irrespective of their mode of government. But if Americans cease to govern themselves in a way that no people ever governed itself before, America will not be America. We are the only nation founded on an idea, rather than on blood, territory or culture. We look back at our founders with reverence. Each day we should ask ourselves whether we are good enough to keep the republic which they bequeathed us. We came close to losing it more than once. If we continue to drift into dependency, we might lose it now.
Read it all at PJ Media. The final and enduring question for America is this: are we still brave enough to be free?
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It is interesting that Our National anthem ends in a question, does the flag yet wave over the free and brave? It should always remind us that that might not be true one day. It takes will and intent on the part of its people to keep America their own.